Jeremiah 23:30
For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.
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In Context
29Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
31See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:3And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.
Deuteronomy 18:20But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.
Psalms 34:16\34:15\The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.
Jeremiah 44:11So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, my face will be turned against you for evil, for the cutting off of all Judah;
Ezekiel 13:8So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 15:7And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33
Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →